ADRIFT Forum

Any idea on how to retrieve the password from a v.4.0 TAF file, or simply remove the PW altogether? I was thinking about revising a couple of my old games but they are password protected and I can't remember the passwords. Someone here posted that they were able to accomplish this, but no details we...

I was wondering, Campbell, if you have considered adding a scripting language to ADRIFT. I believe you're using visual studio for development and there are a few implementations such as Python for VS that let you easily add scripting to a project. Obviously, games could be developed without utilizin...

Charm, eh? Like, the "charm" of getting a flaky game to run on an interpreter or emulator then discovering a crucial feature like "save" doesn't work? Or the "charm" of the two-word parser? Or perhaps you speak of the "charm" of tracking down a hard-to-find game, only to find it in some weird Apple ...

In 1993 Graham Nelson wrote the Player's Bill of Rights which is an excellent guideline for developers. 1. Not to be killed without warning At its most basic level, this means that a room with three exits, two of which lead to instant death and the third to treasure, is unreasonable without some hin...

The first computer game I owned was Zork III. A number of years ago I found a thick notebook I kept while playing it. I also had assembled a particular puzzle in legos (it involved pushing blocks) and used the movable bricks to represent which blocks I had pushed. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy con...

In anticipation of such a feature, it would behoove authors to use images in PNG format.

Oh never mind, I found the solution on the wiki. The really obscure example in the developer isn't helpful.

How can I use arrays to print out a random text in a conversation? I tried several things with expressions last night and it seemed like the runner would hang whenever I tried them.

A lens is what they call articles on Squidoo. I think because it focuses on a topic? Writers there are called "Squids".

I wrote an article about Interactive Fiction on Squidoo, here: http://www.squidoo.com/interactive-fict ... n-art-form. Please check it out and make sure to "like" it!

-dave

I met my wife on the MUD Medievia. Sounds similar, but it sounds like this one has more classes and races.

Is a Wiki Manual a Wikanual? Or a Maniki? Wikanual sounds like a flower, but Maniki just sounds wrong somehow. On so many levels.

OK I created a test game where I cant seem to get it to show my alternate descriptions and emailed it to you.

I'll see if I can reproduce it. I ended up working around it so I will try to reproduce the issue.

I won't really have to. Most of the game takes place prior to the show.